special education teacher

english as a second language teacher

East-Brunswick-Public-Schools

There was absolutely no opportunity for growth. The district prides itself on being a district of excellence but it is all at the expense of the amazing and hardworking classroom teachers who go on with very little support. Your efforts as a professional are never valued except in observations (effective teachers don't need the yearly approval of someone who knows nothing about day-to-day classroom operations; the data demonstrates their effectiveness and they know they are effective because of the collaborative relationships they build with parents and students).

A typical day at work: You arrive to work extremely early and leave extremely late, mainly to fill out forms and do work that you never have time to do during the day. 

What I learned: To value myself and recognize the difference I make because administration was not going to tell me. 

Management: Works you to death, takes no part in supporting you, promotes outsiders instead of the creating teacher leaders that already know the students, parents, and community.

Co-workers: Were simply amazing!

Hardest part of the job: Lack of administrative support.

Most enjoyable part of the job: The students.

The school system is made up from 11 schools wherein the amount of security personnel vary in each school. Each security detail is headed by at least one "Lead" SSO. In schools such as the Middle, Junior HS and High School each is assigned with 2 Lead SSO's . All Leads work a (40) hour week. SSO's that are assigned work a (28.75) hour week that is divided into 5.75 hour shifts. There are numerous shifts throughout the day starting at 0600 and ending at 2230 hours. Typically (1) officer maintains the security booth at the schools main entrance while others provide walking patrols within and around the school property. All schools are equipped with security / man trap style entrance and maintain a lock door policy. All visitors /parents to the schools must have photo identification and are checked through systems known as "Lobby Guard" and "Genesis" before entrance can be gained or children can be removed from that school.  The environment is pleasant and professional.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Great experience working there. The administrative staff is very cooperative and well polite.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The children are sometimes very rude, boorish and ill-tempered. They misbehave with the teachers openly.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The work environment is very professional and the culture has tremendous  enthusiasm amongst staff and administrative staff.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I work for the  aftercare school -community program and the children are full of energy and are given a variety of things to play with and are meaningfully engaged through play-way method ,art and craft ,board games and field games and children are supervised at all times.

My role as a substitute teacher was typical, to follow the plans left by the absent teacher to ensure the continuity of education for the students. This was not easy as students always found new ways to push my buttons and co-workers tended to criticize rather than advise me. I learned that a career in the education field is not a good match for me. The most enjoyable part of the job was when I was asked to do office duty when not needed in a classroom; these were typically concrete and repetitive tasks, my performance on which I was more respected than my performance in the classroom.

An "early" school....7.06am is the time teachers must be in.
No collaborative planning.
Many, many "fly-by" observations with emailed comment, in addition to the required Danielson rubric observations and evaluations.

Students don't want to be in class, they run to the guidance counselors.  The level of coddling and pampering of these students will not improve American life or competitiveness in the global environment.

Students cannot fail.  Parents and admin make sure teacher makes adjustment to students' grades!  ZERO consequences for poor choices.  As I said, the students run the school.  As do their parents.

I was warned ahead of time when I was hired that it would be hard to be rehired (I was told this by several SUPERVISORS). I had no idea what I got myself into. Horribly rude, unprofessional coworkers....who showed movies and screamed at fellow teachers they didn't like. I have never felt so disrespected and demoralized in my entire life. After a year of perfect reviews, I was still not rehired, just because. Worst workplace environment I have ever encountered. It felt like a bad dream.

When I was first hired I was excited to work in this district, however as the year went on I started to see all of the bad. I loved my coteacher but they were extremely lazy (tenure) and would always get praised for things they weren't even doing. The administrators were awful and never felt like I belonged in my school or as a teacher in general. It made me lose my passion for teaching, which was a shame because I adored my students. My department supervisor was great and I appreciated everything they did for me, but I was honestly relieved when I was laid off due to budget

I instructed students in all areas of healthy living including: drugs, alcohol, tobacco; mental health, family dynamics, reproduction
First aid; nutrient and exercise; suicide prevention; driver education. I was also a cross country coach for females for 13 years.
The district was progressive and pleasant working conditions in a middle to upper middle class community in Middlesex Cointy,NJ

Supportive academic environment created by supervisors and principal.  The students are very nice and focused. Colleagues were very helpful and knowledgeable about their fields and teaching methods. Parents also are very nice and helpful when contacted. Pleasant environment to work in.  Highly recommend school system with plenty of extracurricular activities in athletics and the arts .

The school district likes to portray a high level of rigor and achievement, but does not live up to those expectations on a day-to-day basis.  I enjoyed working with most of the staff, but the constant changing of procedures and expectations makes for an undesirable work environment.

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